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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s more context about how a GDD becomes an ID diagnosis if the child hasn’t caught up by 5:

https://www.theravive.com/therapedia/global-developmental-delay-dsm%C2%AD--5-315.8-(f88)

Again, this is from a medical context. It could be that the schools approach it differently![/quote]

You’re thinking it’s some kind of concrete thing based on the diagnosis but the reality is that they’re telling you it looks like your child has an ID. Many kids with autism are delayed in more than two areas - speech, motor, social - so GDD - yet have high IQ and are not obviously ID. ID refers to IQ. Delays =\ ID. [/quote]

All I’m saying is that GDD, according to the medical literature, is a diagnosis for kids under the age of 5. If they haven’t caught up by then, the diagnosis changes to ID. This is not a rubric that is specific to my child. It is the general framework for the diagnoses.

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This absolutely does not apply to schools. You may be referring to something that is true of the medical model, but ID requires a certain IQ in addition to poor adaptive skills. That's the definition. All other educational codes are an option when the child ages out of the DD code.

It doesn’t work that way. Getting an ID diagnosis is a big deal and it requires extensive testing and evaluation. [/quote][/quote]

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